page_title: Tom-tom drum
section_title: Single-headed
hierarchical_section_title: Tom-tom drum / Variations / Single-headed
caption_attribution_description: English: Alex van Halen This kit was used by Alex to record the first VAN HALEN LP. It was also used on their tour to support the LP. Deutsch: Alex van Halen Dieses Schlagzeug wurde von Alex van Halen bei den Aufnahmen zum ersten VAN HALEN Album benutzt. Es wurde ebenfalls auf der Tour zur LP benutzt.
context_page_description: A tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between 6 and 20 inches in diameter, though floor toms can go as large as 24 inches. It is not to be confused with a tam-tam, a gong. The Tom is popular and used by players worldwide.
context_section_description: Single-headed tom-toms, also known as concert toms, have also been used in drum kits, though their use has fallen off in popularity since the 1970s. Concert toms have a single head and a shell slightly shallower than the corresponding double-headed tom. Phil Collins still uses four single-headed rack-mount toms and two floor toms (Gretsch) in his setup. They are generally easier to tune as they have no bottom head to adjust.
  The term concert tom has also been used to describe double- or single-headed tom-tom drums designed for use in a concert band rather than in a drum kit.
caption: In the 1970s, Alex Van Halen simply removed the bottom heads from his hanging toms to create concert toms
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